Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 7, 1912, Page 11

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1912, THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | J tion. Taffy-coated, mixed with pea- ] nuts. You can't imagine how good it is. \ | + - Treat yourself to a nick- el’'s worth. Give the “kids”” the souvenir y in every package. Let them eat HOTEL RADISSON MINNEAPOLIS FINEST IN THE NORTHWEST LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE RETAIL DISTRICT, NEAR THE LEADING THEATERS, CON- VENIENT TO EVERYTHING. RATES ROOMS WITH RUNNING WATER $1.50 PER DAY. ROOMS WITH TOILET $2.00 PER DAY" ROOMS WITH BATH AND TOILET $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 PER DAY. GIRGULATINGIGED WATER { ! i | Everyhody IS Doing It ' WHAT? - |Using the Bemidji Pencil WHY? Because it’s the best mckel pencil ! in the world. This pencil is Absolutely Guar- anteed or your money back at the -§ following places: Carlson’s Variety Store ‘| Barker’s Drug and Jewelry Store W. G. Schroeder 0. G. Rood & Co. E. F. Netzer's Pharmacy | Carlson’s Variety Store Wm. McCuaig J. P. Omich’s Cigar Store Roe & Markusen | F. G. Troppman & Co. -k L. Abercrombie The Fair Store | Chippewa Trading Store, RedLake Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply” Store Retailers will receive immediate shipmentin gross lots (more or less) by calling Phone 81, ~Ar- rangements have been made to advertise, as above, the names of all dealers “who sell the Bemidji- 10 BAR 00T PESTS]: Agricultural Quarantine Bill Now Before Congress. COUNTRY A DUMPING GROUND More Than Half the Insects That De- stroy Fruit and Farm Crops Have Come From Abroad—Oth- er Invasions Threatened— Potato Wart Danger. By GEORGE CLINTON. Washington. — Representative Sim- mons of New York on behalf of the committee on agriculture has reported favorably a bill to enable the secre- tary of agriculture to establish quar- | antine districts for plant diseases and insect pests and to regulate the im- portation of nursery stock and other plant ' products. Mr. Simmons says that under our present laws the Unit- ed States has become a dumping ground for diseased and insect infest ed plants. If the Simmons bill is passed the United States will be able to retaliate upon Austria-Hungary, France, Ger- many, Holland, Switzerland and Tur- key, all of which countries absolutely prohibit the entry from the United States of all nursery stock and ad- mit {fruit only when the most rigid ex- amination shows freedom from in- festation. It is sald that if the Simmons bill had been made a law some years ago the historic elms of Cambridge, Mass., might still be standing, including the great elm, which is still standing but is almost dead, under which George Washington took command of the Con- tinental army of the Revolution. It was the elm-bark beetle which was the chief agent in the destruction of | the Washington elm and the other elms of Massachusetts. This beetle slipped in from Europe unchallenged and unmolested. There was no quar- antine to keep the pest out and as a Tesult splendid old trees are now be- ing chopped down to be used for fire wood. It is sald that this elm pest may spread and prove as serious an enemy to the elms of the rest of the country as the chestnut disease has proved to chestnut forests of the east- ern United States. Pests Come From Europe. The authoritles in the department of agriculture have figured it up all very carefully, and have come to the conclusion that more than half of the important insect pests of fruits and farm crops are of foreign origin, and that they now occasion a tax of nearly half a billion dollars annually. It has been reckoned, for example, that the San Jose scale, introduced into this country from north China, and subse- quently carried-into every state in the Unlon, has already cost the orchard- 1sts $50,000,000, and is adding to this sum at the rate of $5,000,000 a year, this annual charge coming from the expense of spraying operations and from the shrinkage in quantity and value of the first yield. Another re- cently introduced foreign insect pest is the alfalfa leaf weevil, whose rav- ages in the great alfalfa regions of Utah are so well known. May Safeguard the Future. No quarantine law, however good, can now repair the damage to prop- erty which these pests have wrought, but the future can be safe-guarded, and the Simmons bill, it is believed, will go a long way toward accomplish- ing this end. For instance, it is point- ed out that the so-called Mediter- ranean fruit fly has recently become established in the Hawallan islands, and that unless a quarantine is es- tablished against it, it Is certain to be brought into the United States either from those islands‘or from other quar- ters of the world where it has gained & foothold. The Mediterranean fruit fly is described as being “ a more se- rlous frult pest than any now occur ring on this continent. Its larvae, or magots, infest all sorts of fruits and many vegetables, and the presence of these in the frult cannot be determ- ined except by cutting the fruit open. Its introduction would be most disas- trous to the citrous and deciduous fruit ranches of the Pacific coast and, in fact, to all our fruit growing inter esta.” Another grave danger which fa menacing the plant life of the country is the potato wart. The short crop of last year has already Jed to enor- mous importations of foreign potatoes, and these importations have come in many instances from districts where this dreaded disease is known to ex- ist. We are, for example, now re ceiving quantities of potatoes from Newfoundland, where the potata disease is so firmly established that her neighbor, Canada, has strictly quarantined against all potatoes from the island, with the result that we are now getting all the surplus. It is sig: pificant, also, that Canada is now con- sldering the establishment of quaran- tine against potatoes from the United States because- this- country is allow- ing the importation of diseased pota toes from Newfoundland. The estab lishment of this potato disease in the great potato-growing regions of the United States would result in losses almost. beyond computation. It is » soil disease; and once in the sofl it re mains for a period of from eight to ten years, and puts an effectual check on potato production, invading and de stroying the potato tubers. He Simply Had to 3teal. Prometheus stole the fire from heaven. “My last match went out,” he em plained. NECEEANATIA/IE DAN HOW HE SOLVED PROBLEM 8quire Perking Quickly Explained the High Cost of Living to the Village Loafers. We were sitting around the redhot stove in the lobby of the village tav- ern, and just when a silence had fallen upon the group one man turned to another and asked: “Squar’ Perkins, if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a question.” The squire didn’t say whether he minded or not, but the.other went ahead with: “It’s about this ’ere high cost of liv- ing. Have you figgered out.what’s the reason for it?” “I have,” was the answer. “Then I'd like to hear it.” “Did you raise any wheat, corn or oats last year?” “Noap.” “Any potatoes, beets or cxm'ots?" “Ncap.” “Dldn’t raise nothing whatever to eat? “Guess.I didn’t.” “Just ate all you could of what oth- er folks raised?” “Looks that way.” “And sot around and let your wife take in washing to support you?” “Why, she likes to wash.” “Well, I've answered your question. You and 100,000 lazy loafers llke you boosted .the cost of living!” 1 expected to see a row follow, but none came. There was a minute of suspense and then the questioner yawned and stretched and exclaimed: “Well, by thunder!. I've been puz- zling over that matter for more'n a year and here you have solved it in three minits!”—Detroit News-Tribune. HARD-WORKING SWISS DOGS They Are Used as Draft Animale and Are Not Always Well Treated. An amended law for the prevention of cruelty to animals, such as that which came into force in England on New Year’s day, is much needed in Switzerland. Not that the Swiss as a nation are cruel to animals, one of the best proofs of which is the num- ber of sleek cats about. For when people have learned to be kind to cats they have generally learned to be fairly kind to animals in general But, whether from thoughtlessness or some other cause, there is a good deal to be desired In the way draft dogs are treated in Switzerland. Dogs, as every visitor to the country must have observed, are still emvloyed there for drawing or helping to draw all kinds of light carts. Most milk- men and bakers. employ dogs when taking around milk or bread. Butch: ers and vegetable fruit sellers also use,them. These dogs are, of course, all of strong build, but of very differ ent breeds, those most commonly em: ployed being of the St. Bernard or mastiff race. On a market day the streets of Berne are full of them. As a rule they do not look 11l fed and their harness fits them well. Never- theless, it 18 evident that they are often hard worked, for they may be seen lying stretched full length asleep on the cold, wet ground, or even on the snow, and this, after they have been heated by the exertion of pull ing, frequently causes pneumonia ox rheumatism.—Pall Mall Gazette. Barker’s Whenever and wherever you see this name the one important point to bear in mind is that it stands for Service i You get that at Barker’s always. able to buy the best merchandise at what you ought to pay. The June Bride She’s the girl we’re watching these days, family is] called upon to make a gift purchase for a bride durmg the month of June. Sterling Suggestions Spoons Knife and $2° 00 Fork Sets $3o 00 Salad Forks, Individual Oyster Forks, Individual Mayonaise Spoons Numerous Other Selections Barker's Drug and Jewelry Stors A Good Thing for Everyone Adve_rtisem ents Many who have been seeking for work have found it through our Classified ads. They cost one-half cent a word per inser- tion. Phone 31. | In addition to this you are Practically every Coffee $4.75 Tea to perSet Tabie' $36.00 _per Set Salad Servers Butter Knives Sugar Spoons [Ue—